[af_vet_1981]

I think I may have said sometime back that I was baptized in the swimming pool at Bien Hoa Air Base, Republic of Vietnam by a Southern Baptist chaplain, even though at the time, I was a recent convert from the you know what church, and I didn't even know what a Southern Baptist was. Oh well, how things have changed, for the better, I might add.

Since you volunteered you were re baptized by an SBC chaplain, a follow up question begs an answer; are you still a member of an SBC church ? thanks

[Elsie]

Since you volunteered you were re baptized by an SBC chaplain, a follow up question begs an answer; are you still a member of an SBC church ? thanks

STILL?

Are you ASSUMING that he WAS a member at one time?

[metmom]

Since you volunteered you were re baptized by an SBC chaplain, a follow up question begs an answer; are you still a member of an SBC church ? thanks

Being baptized in a church or by a pastor of that church, does not by default make you a *member* of that church, contrary to Catholic thinking on the matter.

Church membership is a different thing and often simply a technicality for being able to participate in the church government.

Catholics really need to learn to look at things from a different perspective.

[Mark17]

Since you volunteered you were re baptized by an SBC chaplain, a follow up question begs an answer; are you still a member of an SBC church ? thanks

Well, I have to go back in history here. I was baptized in the pool in Vietnam, sometime in 1970. It was by a Southern Baptist Chaplain, named Chaplain Hall. I knew mostly nothing about any denominations. I was at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, previous to going to Vietnam when I first came to the Lord, or maybe he came to me, I don't know which, but the guys took me to a church in Boise, Idaho, called Cole Comunity Church. They did not have a denominational name, which I thought was kind of weird. Anyway, the Chaplain in Vietnam told me I was being placed into the membership of Trinity Baptist Church, San Antonio, Tx, though I still did not know much about what that meant. I then went to Laughlin AFB, Del Rio, TX. Over several months, I visited Lutheran churches, Methodist churches. I was pretty turned off by them. I didn't even think they preached about Jesus there, remembering that each church is independent, but those Del Rio churches were pretty much apostate, as far as I could tell. I went to an Assembly of God church, which I thought was ok. Then I went to 1st Baptist church, and I listened for a couple of months, to see what they preached. I thought it was good, so I joined up, but I was still pretty active with the Navigators. When I was at Travis AFB, I was a member of a SBC in Fairfield, CA, but after about 15 years, I felt like they were not so much into preaching the Word anymore, so I left and attended Calvary Chapel in Fairfield. Each SBC is totally independent of others, so each stands or falls on it's own. Maybe this was a tad long, but you asked, so here it is 😄

Air Force regards.